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Driver killed after car overturns in West Columbia

LEXINGTON,SC (WOLO)- The Lexington County coroner has identified the person who was killed after a single-vehicle crash Sunday night. Alexander R. Jeffcoat, 23, of Lexington died at the scene due to his injuries, according to Coroner Margaret Fisher. Officials say Jeffcoat’s vehicle left the right side of the roadway and overturned on the Columbia Airport Expressway in West Columbia. Jeffcoat…

SC has not hired advocate pushed for after nuclear debacle

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A South Carolina agency hasn’t yet hired an attorney to argue for consumers over rate hikes and other utility matters, nearly 18 months after the position was created. Lawmakers created the consumer advocate position as part of several reforms over utilities and power generation in the wake of billions of dollars lost when construction was ended…

Statewide Adoption Day brings awareness of the need in SC

Columbia, SC (WOLO) —The SC Department of Social Services recognizes November as National Adoption Month and November 25th is proclaimed by Governor McMaster as Statewide Adoption Day in SC. Nearly eighty (80) children are scheduled to be adopted by 60 families and in family courts in Anderson, Charleston, Horry, and Sumter Counties. For more information about what the SC Department of…

Man dead, another taken into custody following Colleton County shooting

By Matt Dillane

(ABC Columbia/FILE) COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — One man is dead and another is in custody after a shooting in Colleton County on Saturday morning. According to officials, around 11:10 a.m., authorities responded to Round O Road after learning of a possible shooting. At the scene, deputies found an adult man suffering from a gunshot wound to the upper body….

Biden files papers for South Carolina presidential primary

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press

(AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) Former vice president Joe Biden talks with officials after speaking at a rally in support of striking Stop & Shop workers in Boston, Thursday, April 18, 2019. ABBEVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Joe Biden has made his presidential bid official in South Carolina. The former vice president filed his paperwork as a candidate in next year’s Democratic primary…

SC Troopers searching for driver in fatal pedestrian hit-and-run

RAVENEL,SC (WOLO)-The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal pedestrian hit and run. The incident happened on Saturday (November 23,2019) just before 6:00 P.M. near 6075 Savannah Highway. Troopers say the victim was walking southbound on Savannah Highway when a southbound vehicle hit her. The pedestrian died at the scene. Officials say the driver of the vehicle did not…

Harris files papers for South Carolina presidential primary

By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Kamala Harris has officially signed her papers to be a candidate in South Carolina’s Democratic presidential primary. Harris signed documents just ahead of a Saturday night round table discussion in Columbia. The California senator is stumping in the state in what her campaign is calling a “Black Women’s Weekend of Action,” a trip focused on the contingency…

53rd Annual Governor’s Carolighting Sunday

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The 53rd Annual Governor’s Carolighting at the South Carolina State House will take place Sunday at 6:00 PM. The State Christmas Tree will be fully trimmed and the lights turned during the annual event. Event organizer say this year’s tree is a 35-foot-tall sheared Concolor Fir, also known as a white fir, and comes from Pinetum Christmas…